I'd like to think he's not showing us all the combinations he's able to land. After all, he did show the quad loop after denying that he was working on one. He seems to keep his cards close to his chest, did not even talk about going up to 5 quads this season.
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I'd like to think he's not showing us all the combinations he's able to land. After all, he did show the quad loop after denying that he was working on one. He seems to keep his cards close to his chest, did not even talk about going up to 5 quads this season.
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Raf already said as much. That he's not showing in competition what he's doing in practice and that he'll show that when/if the need arises. Right now he doesn't need any fancy new combo. He was also able to add 5 quads back in a little too easily not to be actively training it a lot when he said 4 high quality quads is the goal after GP France. Though he did kind of tease eventually doing 6 quads again. I don't expect it this season, but I don't think he's just resting on his laurels.
I also think that he unfortunately, just isn't in a position to talk about what his record breaking goals are. He and Raf clearly know what the WR scores are and seem to realize when Nathan is close to them or has broken them. Megan Duhamel's comment about Nathan not realizing his own greatness made me think about how Nathan can't really own his own competitiveness because of potential backlash.
We may just have to wait and see and speculate. Personally, I think Nathan and Raf have way more planned than what we have seen. The 5 quad free skate seemed really easy after having only less than two weeks with Raf. I don't know how it's happening, but I am in awe of his ability to improve with so little coaching time.
We may just have to wait and see and speculate. Personally, I think Nathan and Raf have way more planned than what we have seen. The 5 quad free skate seemed really easy after having only less than two weeks with Raf. I don't know how it's happening, but I am in awe of his ability to improve with so little coaching time.
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I wish he would do a different type of EX too. His EXs from the past 3 years have all been so similar. He’s not a bad choreographer, but I also haven’t been wowed since Stole the Show. And I feel he’s missing out on opportunities to explore different styles and develop himself further by working with more mature choreographers, especially if his career is not going to go beyond 2022. If the free program is going to be devoted to mainly to the quads (his words, and I think I have slowly come to terms with it), I am hoping we at least get to see more development on the program/choreo front in his gala programs..
He is willing to try different styles of competition programs. So why not a new fresh type of EX, Nathan?
If time is limited exhibition programs would be last priority, though maybe he could and should use them to explore potential next season programs
Nathan's new Xmas present from Toyota.
https://twitter.com/aboutNathan0505/status/1207456013089009669
This looks like Connecticut? Too dreary for SoCal.
https://twitter.com/aboutNathan0505/status/1207456013089009669
This looks like Connecticut? Too dreary for SoCal.
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Why he looks so skinny in second picture. What have final exams done to him?
So much gray hair at 20..too much stress and not enough sleep I suppose?
I think that's just a weird picture, because his jaw was moving when it was taken. I took a very similar picture of my father once, can you imagine the drama that ensued, because I took such a disfiguring picture that was 'not reflecting reality'!
He's had those grey hairs for years, it started when he was still a teenager.
And he said (in at least one interview) that he used to sleep 10 hours a night, I believe, to get the needed recovery time. Don't know by how much this has changed at Yale, there was an interview some time ago which mentioned how much he sleeps nowadays (8 hours or sth. like that), but who knows where they got that info from or if they quoted it correctly or if Nathan was truly honest. Maybe he just mentioned his sleeping goals.
Yuki was there with him to pick up his new Rav4 Hybrid.
https://twitter.com/aboutNathan0505/status/1207626884877410304
Nathan and Kostornaia were named Nov Athletes of the Month by the US Sports Academy.
https://ussa.edu/news/chen-kostorna...ports-academy-november-athletes-of-the-month/
Yesterday was the last day of finals at Yale. Wonder if he's going to stop off at Montreal before heading back home.
https://twitter.com/aboutNathan0505/status/1207626884877410304
Nathan and Kostornaia were named Nov Athletes of the Month by the US Sports Academy.
https://ussa.edu/news/chen-kostorna...ports-academy-november-athletes-of-the-month/
Yesterday was the last day of finals at Yale. Wonder if he's going to stop off at Montreal before heading back home.
Nathan uploaded more Toyota photos
https://www.instagram.com/p/B6Qze3qHOyC/
https://www.instagram.com/p/B6Qze3qHOyC/
The Team USA Awards are being broadcast this Sunday afternoon on NBC.
https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Wrestli...ber/20/Jordan-Burroughs-hosts-Team-USA-awards
Nathan mentioned in interview of Laura Lipetsky (Alysa Liu's coach)
https://fs-gossips.com/laura-lipetsky-tutberidze-is-an-example-of-a-truly-great-coach/
https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Wrestli...ber/20/Jordan-Burroughs-hosts-Team-USA-awards
Nathan mentioned in interview of Laura Lipetsky (Alysa Liu's coach)
https://fs-gossips.com/laura-lipetsky-tutberidze-is-an-example-of-a-truly-great-coach/
